Candidate for
Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 6

EDUCATION

• University of California, Los Angeles (1972) Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Psychology
• University of Southern California (1974) Masters Degree in Public Administration
• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles (1977) Juris Doctor Degree
• University of Southern California (1989) Ph.D. in Public Administration

• Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal Sixth Appellate District (1989-present)
• Acting Administrative Presiding Justice of the California Court of Appeal Sixth Appellate District (September 2001 to January 2003)
• Judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court (1988-1989)
• Family Law Supervising Judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court (1989)
• Judge of the Santa Clara County Municipal Court (1985-1988)
• Judge of the Orange County Municipal Court (1983-1985)
• Deputy District Attorney, Orange County District Attorney's Office (1977-1983) Assignments included: homicide, career criminal, juvenile, writs and appeals, felonies and misdemeanors
• University of Southern California Graduate School of Public Administration (1973-1977)

• California Judicial Council (1990-1993)
• Chair of the Appellate Court Security Committee (1993-present)
• Court Emergency Response and Security Task Force (2007-2012)
• Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee of the Judicial Council (2004-2009)
• Appellate Justices Education Committee, Member (2000-2006), Chair (2005-2006)
• Co-Chair of the Santa Clara County Bar Association Appellate Courts Committee (2004-2005)
• Chair of the Planning Committee for the Supreme Court Special Oral Argument Session in San Jose (2003)
• Administrative Presiding Justices Advisory Committee (2001-2003)
• Chair of the Probation Services Task Force (2000-2003)
• Appellate Advisory Committee of the Judicial Council (1996-2000)
• Governing Committee of the California Center for Judicial Education and Research (CJER) Member (1994-1997), Chair (1997)
• Blue Ribbon Commission on Jury System Improvement (1996)
• California Judges Association: Education Planning and Coordinating Committee Member (1990-1993), Chair (1992-1993)
• California Judicial College Faculty: Judicial Leadership (1991); Advanced Criminal Procedure Before Trial (1987-1990); Seminar Leader (1986)
• Orange County Shortstop Juvenile Justice Diversion Program (1980-1983)
• Santa Clara University Law School, Trial Techniques Faculty (1985-1988)
• Judge, Moot Court Competitions: Santa Clara University Law School; Monterey College of Law Heisler Moot Court Competition (1992, 2008, 2011); Santa Clara County Bar Association High School Mock Trial Tournament; St. Nicholas Grammar School Seventh Grade Moot Court
• Stanford Law School, Advocacy Skills Workshop
• California Community College Instructor Credential in Public Services and Administration (1976)
• Judicial Externship Program, California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District
• Mentor Judge, William A. Ingram Inn of the American Inns of Court
• Lecturer: Appellate and Writ Practice; Criminal, Civil and Juvenile Law and Procedure
• Book Review, America's First Woman Lawyer, The Biography of Myra Bradwell (1995) 35 Santa Clara Law Review 1107

• California Judges Association
• California Women Lawyers (Life Member)
• Santa Clara County Bar Association (1985-present)
• Orange County Bar Association (1977-1985)
• William A. Ingram Inn of the American Inns of Court: President (2006-2008); Executive Committee (current member)
• St. Thomas More Society: President (2004-2005); Board of Directors (current member)
• St. Francis High School, Mountain View: Board of Directors (2007-2013)